HB 54  

Frankel

Amends Mental Health Facility Closure Act

PLS Summary:

(PN 79) Amends the Mental Health or Mental Retardation Facility Closure Act providing for proceeds from sales of closed facilities by adding that if a closed facility is sold, the proceeds would come back to the Department and used for community-health based services.

Bill History:

01-19-07 H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human Services

HB 80  

Leach

Amends Title 42 re mental health court

PLS Summary:

(PN 104) Amends Title 42 (Judiciary) providing for a judicial district to apply for a grant to establish a mental health court division.

Companions:

HB 1233 (Refiled from 05R Session)
HB 1307 (Refiled from 05R Session)
SB 374 (Refiled from 05R Session)
SB 587 (Identical)

Bill History:

01-25-07 H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary

HB 92  

Youngblood

Amends Public Welfare Code re assistance grp

PLS Summary:

(PN 116) Amends the Public Welfare Code further defining "assistance group" by adding that if eligible for temporary assistance to needy families, at the option of the applicant or recipient, the assistance group must exclude any child who receives support payments or any Social Security benefits, including retirement, survivor or disability benefits, provided that such support or benefits are legally limited to the use of the child receiving them.

Companions:

HB 55 (Refiled from 05R Session)

Bill History:

01-25-07 H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human Services

HB 96  

Youngblood

Amends Title 20 re medical consent for a minor

PLS Summary:

(PN 120) Amends Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) providing for medical consent for a minor by an adult caregiver by adding that a parent, legal guardian or legal custodian may authorize an adult person in whose care a minor has been entrusted to consent to any medical, surgical, dental, developmental or mental health examination, diagnosis or treatment, including immunization, to be rendered to the minor under the supervision or upon the advice of a physician, nurse, dentist or mental health professional licensed to practice in PA

Companions:

HB 64 (Refiled from 05R Session)

Bill History:

01-25-07 H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Children and Youth

HB 165  

Boyd

Act re health insurance policy mandated bens

PLS Summary:

(PN 191) The Mandated Benefit Moratorium Act would establish a moratorium during which the General Assembly would not enact any new or expanded health insurance policy mandated benefit. The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee would study the issue of health insurance policy mandated benefits and the cost to employers and individuals of health insurance policy mandates.

Companions:

HB 738 (Refiled from 05R Session)

Specific Remarks:

Monitor with regard to mental health services and access to prescription drugs.

General Remarks:

Prescription drugs or legislation limiting scope of PDLs can be interpreted as a mandated benefit. Need to monitor resolution.

Bill History:

01-31-07 H Filed
02-01-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Insurance

HB 282  

Petrone

Act re State Loan Forgiveness Programs

PLS Summary:

(PN 985) The Mental Health and Mental Retardation Staff Member and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor Loan Forgiveness Programs Act would provide loan forgiveness to PA residents who graduate from institutions of higher education and who apply their degrees to careers in mental health or alcohol and drug addiction counseling in PA.

Specific Remarks:

MH/MR Staff Worker Loan Forgiveness Program

Bill History:

04-17-07 H Set on the House Calendar
04-17-07 H Laid out for discussion
04-17-07 H Third consideration
04-17-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:191/N: 4)
04-23-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Education

HB 300  

Mundy

Amends Insurance Co. Law re Medical Necessity

PLS Summary:

(PN 374) Amends the Insurance Company Law defining "medical necessity" as clinical determinations made by qualified trained health care providers, and set forth in writing to establish a service or benefit which will or is reasonably expected to (1) prevent the onset of an illness, condition or disability; (2) reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, behavioral or developmental effects of an illness, condition, injury or disability; or (3) assist the individual to achieve or maintain maximum functional capacity in performing daily activities. The bill states that determinations that do not establish medical necessity for covered care and services must be documented in writing.

Bill History:

02-06-07 H Filed
02-09-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Insurance

HB 430  

Cappelli

Amends Public Welfare Code re employment

PLS Summary:

(PN 498) Amends the Public Welfare Code by stating that adult family members would be required to participate at least twenty hours per week in employment or work-related or educational activities or training to be eligible for assistance for subsidized child day care.

Bill History:

02-13-07 H Filed
02-26-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human Services
06-21-07 H Meeting set for 9:30 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Bldg., House Health and Human Services
06-21-07 H Passed over in committee House Health and Human Services

HB 614  

DiGirolamo

Amends Administrative Code re Drug and Alcohol

PLS Summary:

(PN 680) Amends The Administrative Code establishing the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, which would include a Bureau of Prevention and Intervention, Bureau of Treatment and Bureau of Administration.

Bill History:

06-26-07 H Set on the House Calendar
06-26-07 H Laid out for discussion
06-26-07 H Third consideration
06-26-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:197/N: 4)
07-03-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Public Health and Welfare

HB 695  

Walko

Act re private care residence registration

PLS Summary:

(PN 781) The Private Care Residence Registration Act states that the owner or legal entity responsible for the operation of a private care residence would register annually with the department.

Bill History:

03-07-07 H Filed
03-09-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Aging and Older Adult Services

HB 700 (3)

Eachus

Amends Title 40 re reforming healthcare

PLS Summary:

(PN 1011) Amends Title 40 (Insurance) reforming the healthcare system by providing for access to affordable health insurance coverage for previously uninsured individuals. The Cover All Pennsylvanians health insurance program (CAP) would be established to assist certain small business employers to cover their uninsured employees and to provide access to affordable health insurance coverage for uninsured adults.

General Remarks:

Governor's Prescription for PA

Bill History:

05-17-07 H Public hearing held in committee House Insurance
05-23-07 H Press conference held
05-30-07 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m., Bucks Co. Bar Assn, 135 E. State, House Insurance
05-30-07 H Public hearing held in committee House Insurance
06-12-07 H Discussed in House Democrats press conference

HB 802  

Phillips

Act re Emergency Demand Reduction Program

PLS Summary:

(PN 921) The Residential Addiction Treatment Wait List Reduction Act establishes the Emergency Demand Reduction Program to reduce waiting lists for residential addiction treatment and to provide moneys to single county authorities to address the emergency waiting list for residential addiction treatment.

Bill History:

03-13-07 H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human Services

HB 810  

Bishop

Act re landlords granting medical access

PLS Summary:

(PN 1883) The Residential Lease Protection for Illness Act states that, regarding residential leases, a landlord must provide access to the tenant's dwelling by a person designated under a durable power of attorney, by an attorney-in-fact, or by the tenant or appointed guardian of the tenant. The designation or appointment would be accompanied by a certification of the tenant's illness signed by a licensed physician. A tenant with a certified illness may terminate a residential lease upon 30 days' written notice, provided that the tenant did not know or have reason to know about the illness at the time the tenant entered into the lease. (Prior Printer Number: 928)

Bill History:

06-20-07 H Set on the House Calendar
06-20-07 H Laid out for discussion
06-20-07 H Third consideration
06-20-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:198/N: 0)
06-21-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Local Government

HB 1000  

Manderino

Amends Insurance Company Law re mental health

PLS Summary:

(PN 1996) Amends the Insurance Company Law providing for mental health services by stating that if an enrollee has obtained a referral to receive outpatient mental health care services from a health care provider or specialist, the referral would constitute a standing referral for any subsequent outpatient mental health care services provided by any health care provider until the mental health care service for which the referral was approved has reached its conclusion. Also adds an article providing for retroactive denial of reimbursement of payments to health care providers by insurers. If an insurer retroactively denies reimbursement to a health care provider, the insurer may only: (1) retroactively deny reimbursement for services subject to coordination of benefits with another insurer, the medical assistance program or the Medicare program during the 12-month period after the date that the insurer paid the health care provider; and (2) retroactively deny reimbursement during a 12-month period after the date that the insurer paid the health care provider. (Prior Printer Number: 1171, 1756)

Bill History:

06-21-07 H Set on the House Calendar
06-21-07 H Laid out for discussion
06-21-07 H Third consideration
06-21-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:203/N: 0)
06-21-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Banking and Insurance

HB 1160  

Metcalfe

Amends Title 18 re license to carry firearm

PLS Summary:

(PN 1475) Amends Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) providing for temporary emergency licenses for carrying a firearm by requiring a person seeking a temporary emergency license to carry a concealed firearm to submit to the sheriff of the county in which the person resides all of the following: evidence of imminent danger to the person or member of the person's family; a sworn affidavit containing information required on an application for a license to carry a firearm and attesting that the person is 21 years of age or older; and a temporary emergency license fee established by the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police for an amount that does not exceed the actual cost of conducting the criminal background check or $10, whichever is less.

Bill History:

04-23-07 H Filed
04-24-07 H Discussed in Press Conference - 4/24/07
04-25-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary

HB 1177  

Fabrizio

Act re mental health services reimbursements

PLS Summary:

(PN 1457) The Mental Health Services Reimbursement Act requires health insurance policies issued by insurance companies to reimburse for mental health services provided by licensed clinical social workers.

Companions:

SB 998 (Identical)

Bill History:

04-25-07 H Filed
05-01-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Insurance

HB 1220  

Reichley

Amends Title 42 re interagency info sharing

PLS Summary:

(PN 1506) Amends Title 42 (Judiciary) providing for interagency information sharing by stating that the contents of county agency, drug and alcohol, mental health and education records regarding a child who has been accepted for service by a county agency, who has been placed under supervision pursuant to an informal adjustment or consent decree, who has been found to have committed a delinquent act or who has been found to be dependent or delinquent would be provided upon request to the county agency, court or juvenile probation department. The county agency, court or juvenile probation department would use the information contained in the records in furtherance of the disposition under this chapter of the child who is the subject of the records.

Bill History:

05-01-07 H Filed
05-04-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary

HB 1235  

White, J

Amends Title 18 re criminal history records

PLS Summary:

(PN 2099) Amends Title 18 (Crimes & Offenses) further providing for challenge to criminal history records, for review of challenge and for appeals. The bill states that anyone who is denied the right to receive, sell, transfer, possess, carry, manufacture or purchase a firearm as a result of the procedures established by this section may challenge the accuracy of the criminal history, juvenile delinquency history or mental health record pursuant to a denial by the instantaneous records check by submitting a challenge to the PA State Police within 30 days from the date of the denial.

Companions:

HB 648 (Refiled from 05R Session)

Bill History:

07-05-07 H Laid out for discussion
07-05-07 H 2 Floor amendment(s) adopted
07-05-07 H Second consideration
07-05-07 H Over in House
07-05-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations

HB 1253  

Solobay

Amends Professional Nursing Law re CRNPs

PLS Summary:

(PN 2176) Amends Professional Nursing Law further providing for scope of practice for certified registered nurse practitioners by adding that they would have authority to do all of the following: (1) Order home health and hospice care; (2) Order durable medical equipment; (3) Issue oral orders under the same conditions and in the same facilities as physicians are permitted to do; (4) Perform physical therapy and dietitian referrals; (5) make respiratory or occupational therapy referrals; (6) Perform disability assessments for the program providing TANF; (7) Issue home schooling certifications; and (8) Perform and sign initial assessment of methadone treatment evaluations, provided that any order for methadone treatment shall be made only by a physician. A certified registered nurse practitioner would be required to maintain a level of professional liability coverage as required for a nonparticipating health care provider under the Mcare Act, but would not be eligible to participate in the Mcare Fund. (Prior Printer Number: 1548, 1986, 2019)

Bill History:

06-30-07 S Voted favorably from committee as amended Senate Consumer Protection & Prof. Licensure
06-30-07 S Reported as amended Senate Consumer Protection & Prof. Licensure
06-30-07 S First consideration
07-05-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar
07-05-07 S Rereferred to Senate Appropriations

HB 1286 (3)

Evans, D

Act re expenses of Exec. Leg. & Jud. FY 2008

PLS Summary:

(PN 1983) The General Appropriation Act of 2007 for fiscal year 2007-08. (Prior Printer Number: 1543, 1907)

General Remarks:

The State Budget FY 2007-08

Bill History:

06-30-07 H Set on the House Calendar
06-30-07 H Laid out for discussion
06-30-07 H House non-concurred in Senate amendments (Vote: N:102/Y: 96)
07-03-07 S Senate insists on its amendments
07-03-07 S Senate appointed conference committee: Senators Pileggi,
Armstrong

HB 1498  

DeLuca

Act establishing One PA for drug programs

PLS Summary:

(PN 1875) The One Pennsylvania Act establishes One Pennsylvania, a pharmacy benefits consolidation program to consolidate and unify procedures and requirements for the administration of all Commonwealth-funded, Commonwealth-administered and Commonwealth-supported drug programs and for reimbursement for pharmacy services. The program would administer all Commonwealth prescription drug plans through an integrated system of plan administration using uniform standards and requirements for the reimbursement of pharmacies as provided by the legislation. The bill provides for duties of the Department of Aging, for reimbursement to pharmacies and for rebate agreements.

Companions:

SB 848 (Identical)

Bill History:

06-06-07 H Filed
06-08-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Aging and Older Adult Services

HB 1499  

Reed

Amends Public Welfare Code re finger imaging

PLS Summary:

(PN 2140) Amends the Public Welfare Code repealing Assistance Recipient Identification Program provisions and requiring the department to create and utilize a finger imaging system to identify applicants for and recipients of assistance. The bill also requires county boards to establish procedures to identify, investigate and resolve potential cases of fraud, misrepresentation or inadequate documentation prior to determining an applicant's eligibility.

Bill History:

06-28-07 H Filed
06-28-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Health and Human Services